I didn’t pay attention to the teacher. I failed to understand the lesson.





A.I would have understood the lesson if I had paid attention to the teacher.
B.Although I paid attention to the teacher, I failed to understand the lesson.
C.I would have understood the lesson if I had failed to pay attention to the teacher.
D.Unless I failed to understand the lesson, I would pay attention to the teacher.

What drove Nigel Newton to publish Joanne's first novel?




A.His daughter's reaction to the book.
B.He took pity on Joanne.
C.The fact that children's books sold well.
D.He was captivated upon reading it.

Many people oppose corporal punishment when educating young children though several of them are naughty.




A.disagree with
B.object to
C.disapprove of
D.advocate

_________ for the fact that he was working abroad, he would willingly have helped with the project.




A.If it were
B.Hadn’t it been
C.were it to be
D.If it hadn’t been

Benjamin Franklin was the editor of the largest newspaper in the colonies, a diplomatic representative to France, and he invented many useful devices.




A.he invented
B.was
C.the largest
D.useful

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 40.
If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children.
However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if the parents are very supportive of their child. Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael’s mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling. Winston Smith, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.
Michael Collins is fortunate in that ______.




A.his father is a musician
B.his parents are quite rich
C.his mother knows little about music
D.his parents help him in a sensible way

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
Now you are in the twelth form and you are ready to know some English you have been learning English for three years. If you go to Britain, people there will understand what you say and you will understand them if they speak about things that you know. All people who live in Britain can speak English, but not all the people are English in that ountry. Great Britain is not a large country. It is much smaller than France. It has four parts: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. England is the the largest part of the country and has always been the strongest. English is the national language in all parts of Britain.
Great Britain is not _______ France.




A.as large
B.so large as
C.as large than
D.small as

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
Plants and animals will find it difficult to escape from or adjust to the effects of global warming. Scientists have already observed shifts in the lifecycles of many plants and animals, such as flowers blooming earlier and birds hatching earlier in the spring. Many species have begun shifting where they live or their annual migration patterns due to warmer temperatures.
With further warming, animals will tend to migrate toward the poles and up mountainsides toward higher elevations. Plants will also attempt to shift their ranges, seeking new areas as old habitats grow too warm. In many places, however, human development will prevent these shifts. Species that find cities or farmland blocking their way north or south may become extinct. Species living in unique ecosystems, such as those found in polar and mountaintop regions, are especially at risk because migration to new habitats is not possible. For example, polar bears and marine mammals in the Arctic are already threatened by dwindling sea ice but have nowhere farther north to go.
Projecting species extinction due to global warming is extremely difficult. Some scientists have estimated that 20 to 50 percent of species could be committed to extinction with 2 to 3 Celsius degrees of further warming. The rate of warming, not just the magnitude, is extremely important for plants and animals. Some species and even entire ecosystems, such as certain types of forest, may not be able to adjust quickly enough and may disappear. Ocean ecosystems, especially fragile ones like coral reefs, will also be affected by global warming. Warmer ocean temperatures can cause coral to “bleach”, a state which if prolonged will lead to the death of the coral. Scientists estimate that even 1 Celsius degree of additional warming could lead to widespread bleaching and death of coral reefs around the world. Also, increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere enters the ocean and increases the acidity of ocean waters. This acidification further stresses ocean ecosystems.
According to paragraph 2, when their habitats grow warmer, animals tend to move ______.




A.south-eastwards and down mountainsides toward lower elevations
B.north-westwards and up mountainsides toward higher elevations
C.toward the North Pole and down mountainsides toward lower elevations
D.toward the poles and up mountainsides toward higher elevations

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Everyone said that they would attend his birthday party, but nobody turned on.




A.they
B.would attend
C.nobody
D.on

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 17 to 24.
The Rainforest Foundation UK
The Rainforest Foundation is a charity in the UK. It campaigns for the preservation of the world’s rainforests and the rights of the people who live there. There are other Rainforest Foundations in the USA and Norway.
The musician Sting and his wife set up the charity in 1989 after they saw the unacceptable destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Some farmers were wiping out large parts of the forest, which is the home of indigenous people. The Rainforest Foundation thinks that indigenous people are very important to the rainforests, and the charity is going to carry on its work with them in the future.
The Rainforest Foundation has grown over the last twenty years and it now supports projects in different countries including Brazil, Peru, Cameroon and Uganda. Since it first started, the charity has helped local people to protect and save more than 100,000 square kilometers of the rainforest in a number of countries.
Every year, supporters of the charity join in a number of big events to collect money. This year, they're going to run the London Marathon again. If you look at The Rainforest Foundation webpage, you'll find information about their latest events and campaigns. You can also sign up for an email newsletter.
Sting established the foundation with _____.




A.some farmers
B.his wife
C.indigenous people
D.people in the UK